Thesaurus results for PERCHANCE

perchance

adverb

pər-ˈchan(t)s

Definition of perchance

as in maybe

it is possible perchance he is playing the devil's advocate, and the opinions he has expressed are not actually his own

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Recent Examples of perchance Because any driver worth their salt would figure this out and likely after perchance one time falling into this bit of a roadway trap, would avoid going that way entirely. — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 17 Oct. 2021

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That translates into a maybe — maybe a win, maybe a loss and maybe a national impact.

— Dan Walters, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026
For at least the rest of the year, and maybe longer, this means the launch rate at the Florida spaceport will drop from eight or nine per month to perhaps two per month.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of maybe

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That includes clarity about a roughly $60,000 payment to an entity the WPBL says is owned by Stein and possibly his wife, Shauna Stein.

— Jay Cohen, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026
The Roseville Road station planning project specifically aims to evaluate ways to improve access to the station, possibly by reopening and improving the Grand Avenue bridge.

— Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of possibly

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People leave behind scent that can last 10 to 15 days, perhaps longer than that.

— Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 27 Aug. 2026
If Pangram’s tools are accurate, 260 out of 310 people who published guest articles in the NYT, WSJ, and Washington Post did it entirely with their own brains (or perhaps the brains of an underling).

— Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of perhaps

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Not a forest by any means, but a small woods where there are squirrels and chipmunks, probably snakes and skunks, rabbits and, now and then, passing through on some mysterious transient route, a deer or a family of deer.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Aug. 2026
And that’s probably going to be an extra big problem when people are cooped up at a remote mining outpost.

— Sergio Pereira, Space.com, 24 Aug. 2026

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